Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10
UNION LABOR PARTY.
Large Meeting at Raggett's HsIl
Where the Delegates 20 the Waco
Convention We're Selected
Lively Dsbatos Between Members who
Thought Difierontly-The Ola ETorhods
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4 large representation assembled ct
Daggett's hall Saturday ia response - q
call issued by Mr.. Thomas Bush, chsir-
maa Of the United Labor party OF Tarrant
! county. The object Of the Call was TO
| elect delegates TO attend the state con-
lYentio1 which meets II Waco on July ),
ineXt. Chairman Bush called The meeting
10 order at , p. n, and briefly explained
! the object of the meeting, alter which
Badge J. Z. Martin was elected temporary
/ chairman, and Mr.. w. f. Tanning, the
AlAb,9des # the Third ward, was
elected secretary. Judge Martin took
/ his place and acted as though he had
/ been there before; Secretary flaming
blushed and fitted around like fairy
/ he weighs 100 pounds-snd took his seat
a the lable with becoming modesty and
difltdenCe.
On motion, 9 committee of five was ap-
pointed by the chair On permanent or
ganization. The following gentlemen
constituted the committee: J. d. Diltz,
Thomas Bush, W. NJ. Pope, Joseph Nc
Clure and w. L Robinson.
During the retirement OF TIE committee
on permaSent organization Mr.. Cobb
moved that committee Of seven should
be appointed by the chair, to select twelve
delegates for the Waco convention, to be
ratified by the assembled body. This
brought on some sharp debates. Some
Of the speakers, DR.. Broiles, Esquire Ziun
and others, opposed the motion. The OBJ
jections were that it WAS falrer 10 allow
the convention to eject its delegates with
out having them recommended by any
committee. The motion was withdrawn
temporarily.
The chair requested DR.. Broiies to read
the platform adopted by the National
Union Labor party in CinCin lati. DR..
BToiles read the plstfoTm and added
few comments He did not believe that
woman suffrage was popular policy Just
now, but ne thought it 2 proper one aaG
he favored it, He believed that il our
women were allowed the ballot they
would purify politics without s0ffeling
the slightest contamination. The oOasted
freedom If this country, SO far - women
We're concerned, tel short OF
many European couu Ties where women
were allowed to govern as reigning mon
archs. ii is historical fact that women
have proved as successful rulers, If not
more successful, than men, under mon
archial forms of government. He ia
yOred, too, the payment Of equal wages
to women for equal work Ii woman
does as much work as 0 man and does II
as well, she should be given as much pay
for it Us that paid 9 man. He opposed
the boarding Of money IN the national
treasury, and blamed this practice for
most Of the indusrisl troubles we Gre
now having The Republican party
originated the idea and put the system
into practice, AID the Democratic party
seemed 10 follow in the Old rut.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Here the committee on permanent or
gglIZaCi1n announced themselves ready
to report, aDd submitted the following
which was read by the secretary: We,
your committee or permanent organiZa-
ton, beg leave to submit the following
report: For permanent chairman, Judge
J. f. Martin; for permanent secretary,
w. T. Tanning. We also recommend the
appointment by the chair OF an executive
committee, consisting Of eleven members,
whose duty It shall be to conduct all
business which may from time 70 time
come before them. The report was
adopted.
Mr.. Cobb renewed his motion that the
chair appoint committee OF seven to
StItCl q llSL VI OSIeSaLSs ~ bNlSLO lIC
Waco convention. The opposition again
sprung up tierGer than ever. DR.. Brotles
made speech of considerable length snd
not devoid of bitterness. He opposed
taking the power Of selecting delegates
out of the hands of the convention. Those
who had manifested enough interest in
the movement to be present and partici-
pate should be selected to 90 to Waco. |
Selecting 5 few men who we're not pres
ent and who probably never would
attend was precGrious proceeding. The
method sought to be adopted by the
passage OF the proposed motion was q
vicious precedent. That WAS how the OLD
parties worked. Both Democrats and Re-
puolicans would proclaim TO the world
that they were the party OF the people, !
yet as soon as the people met IN public !
mass meeting few wire workers would |
manage to get themselves appointed on a I
committee to which, prscticslly, all the
work Of the convention had TO be referred, |
The clique had their plans and states all /
ready and would fix things to suit them
selves; then they would railroad their re-4
port through the convention with 9 hur-
rah which the unsophishcated mistook
for enthusiastic patriotism, and in WHICH I
they Joined heartily. He heF leHa
the old parties becausG he I
uohfad RI pe+ rid Of hnESss rule |